Several German states recently introduced tuition fees for university education. We investigate whether these tuition fees influence the mobility of university applicants. Based on administrative data of applicants for medical schools in Germany, we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the probability of applying for a university in the home state. We find a small but significant reaction: The...
Johanna Storck, Katharina Wrohlich, Nadja Dwenger
Zaragoza, Spanien,
08.07.2010
- 09.07.2010| XIX Meeting of the Economics of Education Association
Christian Dreger
Wittenberg,
08.07.2010
- 09.07.2010| Nach der Krise ist vor der Krise: Deutschland und Europa im Spannungsfeld zwischen Markt und Staat: Dialogseminar
Silke Anger, Anita Kottwitz
Paris, Frankreich,
07.07.2010
- 10.07.2010| Time Budgets and Beyond: The Timing of Daily Life: 32nd Time Use Conference, Annual Meeting of the International Association for Time Use Research (IATUR)
Bettina Sonnenberg, Michaela Riediger, Cornelia Wrzus, Gert G. Wagner
Paris, Frankreich,
07.07.2010
- 10.07.2010| Time Budgets and Beyond: The Timing of Daily Life: 32nd Time Use Conference, Annual Meeting of the International Association for Time Use Research (IATUR)
This paper applies the Phillips and Sul (2007) method to test for convergence in stock returns to an extensive dataset including monthly stock price indices for five EU countries (Germany, France, the Netherlands, Ireland and the UK) as well as the US over the period 1973-2008. We carry out the analysis on both sectors and individual industries within sectors. As a first step, we use the Stock and...
Burcu Erdogan, Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Vladimir Kuzin
Istanbul, Türkei,
07.07.2010
- 10.07.2010| EcoMod2010: International Conference on Economic Modeling
This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution levels. These data come from the Federal Environment Agency and cover the years 2002-2007. Our work offers three important contributions. Firstly, we use...
Katja Coneus, C. Katharina Spieß
Helsinki, Finnland,
07.07.2010
- 10.07.2010| Connecting Health and Economics: 8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010)
Elke Holst
Berlin,
05.07.2010
| Das norwegische Experiment - eine Frauenquote für Aufsichtsräte: Präsentation einer Studie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Markus M. Grabka
Kassel,
03.07.2010
| Internationale (empirische) Einkommensverteilungsanalyse: Lehrveranstaltung am Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Universität Kassel
This study investigates the role of gender in the investment behavior of individuals. The analysis bases on real-life investment data collected at an online market for peer-to-peer lending. The aim is to find out whether male and female investors differ in the propensity for risk taking and performance of investments. Conversely to the common belief, I find no evidence for gender differences....